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package org.apache.axis2.jaxws.addressing.factory;

import javax.xml.bind.JAXBException;
import javax.xml.transform.Source;
import javax.xml.ws.EndpointReference;

/**
 * This class represents factories that can be used to generate instances of the
 * {@link EndpointReference}.
 */
public interface JAXWSEndpointReferenceFactory {
    /**
     * Create an instance of a supported subclass of <code>EndpointReference</code>.
     * 
     * @param eprInfoset the endpoint reference
     * @return an instance of <code>EndpointReference</code>.
     * @throws JAXBException
     */
    public EndpointReference createEndpointReference(Source eprInfoset) throws JAXBException;
    
    /**
     * Map the specified class to a supported WS-Addressing namespace.
     * 
     * @param <T> a subclass of <code>EndpointReference</code>.
     * @param clazz the class.
     * @return the WS-Addressing namespace that is associated with the class.
     */
    public <T extends EndpointReference> String getAddressingNamespace(Class<T> clazz);
}
